Rúben Faria Ribeiro (born 16 December 1995) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club Racing Rioja CF. He played 45 games in his country's second tier for Santa Clara,

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and

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

, but spent most of his career in the third division for a variety of teams.

Club career

Born in Quinta do Conde,

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, Ribeiro concluded his development at

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, and was loaned to

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

on the final day of the January 2015

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. He made his debut on 8 February by starting in a 1–1 home draw in Segunda Liga against

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

. In 2015–16, Ribeiro played regularly for

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in the same league, scoring his first career goal on 2 April in a 2–2 draw at F.C. Penafiel. On 31 August, he severed his link with the Lions and signed a two-year deal with

in the second tier. After playing a small role in Aves' promotion as champions in 2017, Ribeiro dropped into the third tier to play for

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, signing an agreement in January 2018 to join

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team

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. He never took to the field for the

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club, being loaned to

Clube Olímpico do Montijo Clube Olímpico do Montijo is a Portuguese football club based in Montijo. Founded in 2007, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo da Liberdade'', with a 3,000 capacity. History Clube Olímpico do Mon ...

and C.D. Fátima in division three. After a spell in the

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, Ribeiro left B-SAD in 2021 for C.U. Idanhense, newly promoted to the fourth tier. A year later, after their relegation, he moved abroad for the first time to Racing Rioja CF in the Spanish equivalent.

International career

Ribeiro earned 12

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for Portugal from under-18 to under-20 level. His debut for the latter came on 27 March 2015 by starting in a 2–0 friendly win over

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at the

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References

External links

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Portuguese League profile

National team data
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Ruben 1995 births Living people People from Sesimbra Sportspeople from Setúbal District Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players F.C. Barreirense players Sporting CP B players C.D. Santa Clara players C.D. Aves players S.U. Sintrense players Belenenses SAD players Clube Olímpico do Montijo players C.D. Fátima players Segunda Federación players Racing Rioja CF players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain